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An Iran Deal We Can Live With || Peter Zeihan (www.youtube.com)

HSBC exec apologizes after calling the UK 'weak' for following US lead over China | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

India, Manipur genocide: Governor 'Deeply Concerned' by Violence But Ignored by Biren Govt (thewire.in)

In an interview with Karan Thapar, Brinda Karat recounts her meeting with two survivors of terrible sexual assaults as well as with the parents of two girls who were gang-raped and killed.

China's Country Garden seeks to delay onshore bond repayment, fanning market fears [real estate market] (www.reuters.com)

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At least six killed, 12 hurt in Somalia bus explosion (www.reuters.com)

Eritrean diaspora vow to continue disrupting festivals that ‘promote dictatorship’ (www.theguardian.com)

After opponents of the Eritrean government stormed a festival in Stockholm that was allegedly promoting the east African country’s regime earlier this month, setting light to cars and throwing stones, the Swedish government tried to distance itself from it all. The justice minister, Gunnar Strömmer, said it was “not...

First Extinction Alert Issued In 70 Years For Rarest Marine Mammal On Earth (www.iflscience.com)

Fewer Russians seeking asylum in Finland (yle.fi)

UK economy grows faster than expected after surprisingly strong June (www.theguardian.com)

The UK economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter of this year after growth was boosted by a recovery in car manufacturing and a surprisingly strong June....

Scientists invent new resorbable biomaterials for implantable medical devices (phys.org)

Fire at French vacation home for adults with disabilities leaves 11 dead (apnews.com)

Ecuador presidential candidate Villavicencio assassinated (www.reuters.com)

Indigenous peoples and their fight for conservation (www.dw.com)

Indigenous peoples around the world are defending their human rights and culture as well as nature and their homeland. Time and again, they are faced with massive repression, discrimination and racism. There are approximately half a billion Indigenous people worldwide....

Niger's ousted president is said to be running low on food under house arrest 2 weeks after coup (apnews.com)

100 arrested in global sex abuse probe launched after FBI murders (www.nbcnews.com)

Drought in Spain empties reservoirs, forces limits on water use (www.reuters.com)

Niger coup: Wagner taking advantage of instability - Antony Blinken (www.bbc.com)

Russia’s Wagner mercenary group is “taking advantage” of instability in Niger, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC.

Ukraine war: Five killed in Russian missile strike eastern Ukraine, officials say (www.bbc.com)

US mulls backing Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti (www.reuters.com)

North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker (www.reuters.com)

Reuters found cyber-espionage teams linked to the North Korean government, which security researchers call ScarCruft and Lazarus, secretly installed stealthy digital backdoors into systems at NPO Mashinostroyeniya, a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, a small town on the outskirts of Moscow.

‘I shout from the rooftops I exist’: Brazilians identifying as Indigenous up by 90% in 12 years (www.theguardian.com)

The 37-year-old is part of a growing number of Brazilians reclaiming their Indigenous identity, as reflected in new census data published on Monday. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the number of people identifying as Indigenous has increased by nearly 90% in just 12 years, from 896,917 to...

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